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+What: /sys/class/dax/
+Date: May, 2016
+KernelVersion: v4.7
+Contact: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org
+Description: Device DAX is the device-centric analogue of Filesystem
+ DAX (CONFIG_FS_DAX). It allows memory ranges to be
+ allocated and mapped without need of an intervening file
+ system. Device DAX is strict, precise and predictable.
+ Specifically this interface:
+
+ 1/ Guarantees fault granularity with respect to a given
+ page size (pte, pmd, or pud) set at configuration time.
+
+ 2/ Enforces deterministic behavior by being strict about
+ what fault scenarios are supported.
+
+ The /sys/class/dax/ interface enumerates all the
+ device-dax instances in the system. The ABI is
+ deprecated and will be removed after 2020. It is
+ replaced with the DAX bus interface /sys/bus/dax/ where
+ device-dax instances can be found under
+ /sys/bus/dax/devices/